Rae Chilton
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Rae Chilton
@labtech666.bsky.social
RSciTech, school physics technician for 23 years, enthusiastic about STEM clubs, autistic.
I really like rubber ducks (not a euphamism - actual toy rubber ducks.)

Preproomtales on instagram.
Tidy, uniform trays make happy.
June 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As part of enrichment week, tomorrow our Year 8 students are going to try to solve the murder of the school's pet gryphon.
I've had a lot of fun preparing fingerprints, blood spatters, and footprint casts for them.
June 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's always a proud moment when the CREST award certificates arrive.
April 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I think most technicians have some hoarding tendencies, but I think it might be time to finally get rid of notes from training that I attended 17 years ago.
April 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I got this year's @cleapss.bsky.social mug at #TSTC25 yesterday. Another one for the collection!
March 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great day at the Tonbridge school Technicians' Convention yesterday. I particularly enjoyed the workshop on how to make a paper loudspeaker. It worked!
##TSTC25
March 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I love getting a book that I've preordered ages ago. It's like past-me has sent me a present!
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trialling the magnetic fields practical using cut up twist ties instead of iron filings.
#TECHOGNITION
March 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The most important bit of morning prep. (In my office area, not a lab of course!)
#TECHOGNITION
@cleapss.bsky.social @techognition.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The STEM duck crew are ready to celebrate #TECHOGNITION day!
March 27, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I can't decorate my prep room door for #TECHOGNITION due to not having an actual door, so this is the next best thing.
Behold, the entrance to my prep room.
March 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
My Anne Boleyn rubber duck is definitely not fascist!
March 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My new #TECHOGNITION badge looks great on my lanyard. Thank you @preproom.bsky.social and @techognition.bsky.social.
1 week to TECHOGNITION day!!
March 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What's everyone reading this #WorldBookDay?
My lunchtime book is currently Blood Sisters by Sarah Gristwood
March 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Apparently some technicians are decorating their prep room doors for #WorldBookDay. I'd love to join in, if only I had a door.
March 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The fact that I can fit both bits of Boyle's Law apparatus in the same tray pleases me greatly!
March 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I just overheard a student misread haemoglobin as 'hammer goblin' and I think I'll call it that from now on!
#SciTeachUK
February 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Too big to add to my collection, but what an awesome duck!
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I was thrilled to see that some of my science heroes have memorials at Westminster Abbey
February 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Seeing the sights in Glasgow.
February 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If there's a more annoying task for a physics technician than dismantling and resetting the motor kits, then I don't want to meet it!
The only one that comes close is plug wiring.
February 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
These child resistant packs are also dyspraxic technician resistant!
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
STEM club on Monday often means an interesting array of items to be packed in my work bag on Sunday night!
February 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Bicarbonate of soda 'invisible ink' at STEM club today. We revealed our hidden messages using turmeric solution.
#SciTeachUK
February 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Year 9 are looking at the steam engine this morning. I love hearing how excited they get!
January 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM